Cocoa, FL Public Health Rules: Rodent Control (2026)

Cocoa's property-maintenance code makes rodent control an ongoing owner obligation, not a one-time fix. Sec. 6-1001(e), part of the general exterior-property-maintenance standards enforced against every structure in the city, requires all structures and exterior property to be kept free from rodent harborage and infestation. If rodents turn up, the owner or occupant must have them exterminated promptly, using an approved method that will not itself endanger human health, and then take precautions afterward, such as sealing entry points and removing food or nesting sources, to keep the property from being reinfested.

The same article separately requires foundation walls to be kept plumb and crack-free specifically to prevent rodent entry, tying structural maintenance to pest control. Mobile home parks face a more detailed version of the same rule under Sec. 6-1602(d): parks must apply insect and rodent control measures that meet the state sanitary code and any recommendation of the health officer, skirt every mobile home in approved masonry or metal material, and limit what can be stored underneath a home to materials that will not deteriorate into rodent nesting or breeding sites or create a fire hazard.

The county health department, building official, fire department and police department are all authorized to inspect mobile home parks to check compliance, and the building official checks rodent-related conditions during general property-maintenance code enforcement citywide.